/* ------------------------------------------------------------ * SWIG library containing argc and argv multi-argument typemaps Use it as follows: %apply (int ARGC, char **ARGV) { (size_t argc, const char **argv) } extern int mainApp(size_t argc, const char **argv); then from lua: args = { "arg0", "arg1" } mainApp(args) * ------------------------------------------------------------ */ %{ SWIGINTERN int SWIG_argv_size(lua_State* L, int index) { int n=0; while(1){ lua_rawgeti(L,index,n+1); if (lua_isnil(L,-1)) break; ++n; lua_pop(L,1); } lua_pop(L,1); return n; } %} %typemap(in) (int ARGC, char **ARGV) { if (lua_istable(L,$input)) { int i, size = SWIG_argv_size(L,$input); $1 = ($1_ltype) size; $2 = (char **) malloc((size+1)*sizeof(char *)); for (i = 0; i < size; i++) { lua_rawgeti(L,$input,i+1); if (lua_isnil(L,-1)) break; $2[i] = (char *)lua_tostring(L, -1); lua_pop(L,1); } $2[i]=NULL; } else { $1 = 0; $2 = 0; lua_pushstring(L,"Expecting argv array"); lua_error(L); } } %typemap(typecheck, precedence=SWIG_TYPECHECK_STRING_ARRAY) (int ARGC, char **ARGV) { $1 = lua_istable(L,$input); } %typemap(freearg) (int ARGC, char **ARGV) { free((char *) $2); }